Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, model years 2017 to 2018. Filed by Chrysler (FCA US LLC) and reported to NHTSA on 19 October 2018. 10,260 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid Electric vehicles (PHEV). After the vehicle has been operating in PHEV propulsion mode, the gas-fueled engine may not restart properly resulting in unburned fuel entering the exhaust catalyst.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Chrysler's own number for this recall: U94. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V740 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18V740 cover?
- Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, model years 2017-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid Electric vehicles (PHEV). After the vehicle has been operating in PHEV propulsion mode, the gas-fueled engine may not restart properly resulting in unburned fuel entering the exhaust catalyst.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The improperly started engine could result in a loss of motive power increasing the risk of a crash or the unburned fuel in the catalyst may ignite increasing the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. FCA will notify owners, and dealers will update the powertrain controller module software, and inspect and replace the catalytic converter as necessary, free of charge. The recall began November 15, 2018. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Chrysler calls this recall U94, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “The improperly started engine could result in a loss of motive power increasing the risk of a crash or the unburned fuel in the catalyst may ignite increasing the risk of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V740 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| System at fault | Hybrid Propulsion System |
| Reported to NHTSA | 19 October 2018 |
| Model years | 2017-2018 |
| Vehicles named | CHRYSLER PACIFICA HYBRID |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The improperly started engine could result in a loss of motive power increasing the risk of a crash or the unburned fuel in the catalyst may ignite increasing the risk of a fire.
The remedy
FCA will notify owners, and dealers will update the powertrain controller module software, and inspect and replace the catalytic converter as necessary, free of charge. The recall began November 15, 2018. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is U94.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 46 notices in the record whose component field names hybrid propulsion system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 57 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 18V740, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v740/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 18V740 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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